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OLD PERTH # 12

Some of the pubs and hotels that used to dot Perth, some are still here in a renewed form but most are gone forever (I think I have all locations correct?!) oh and I think you'll soon get a bit sad like I am that these were all demolished once you click the links and see what replaced them.....

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Pity there aren't any pics of The Melbourne from about 1994. New owners started renovations and then ran out of money. The old place stood shrouded in curtained scaffolding for at least a year.I'm not sure, but I think there might have been calls to rip it down.

Yer, those photos bring back memories of my childhood. It's such a shame they didn't hang on to those old buildings, they were works of art. Perth would of been a magnificent city. Bloody developers! That's why I like getting up to Fremantle!

The Federal Hotel was at 779 Wellington Street , not 179 . It was diagonally opposite the West Perth Markets ( since demolished !) It was on the corner of George and Wellington streets and was demolished to build the freeway . The freeway actually left a trail of destruction through the city . The Barracks was demolished , a huge trench was dug cutting Mount street in half and Mounts Bay was literally filled in . You can see pics of how it used to be online. To this day , there is no longer a 779 Wellington street . It's the freeway .

I worked at the George Hotel cnr Murray st and George st next block up from the Wellington St markets right up til it closed. It was demolished but a computer company now stands on the site. The Gorge opened at 6 in the front bar did a roaring lunch trades as the first Barbarells lingerie parade and skimpy shows then stayed open til 3 with a night club license. Gary, the owner also owned Annabellas night club on the Esplanade Cnr Barrack St. in the Florence Hummerston Building recently relocated to Eliazabth Quay. Have to applause the Dome Coffee management for restoring and giving new life to some beautiful old WA building. Their headquarters are in the Peninsular which was renovated and owned by city of Bayswater. They are buying and renovating old pubs on the railway line through the Hotham Valley through towns like Northam Narrogin ( Horden Hotel) Kattaning are all benefiting from this. Great news.

Thank you for that, always love reading peoples own stories in this regard :)Also thanks for the tip on the Northam pubs etc, I'm planning a trip out that way in the next few months so will likely check them out for our Instagram page @hotel.motel.pub

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